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I would rather 10 guilty people go free than one innocent person be wrongfully convicted. [Locked] |
Moe_Nox  Title: In Moe We Trust
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Registered: 2007-2-4 12:17:56
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I would rather 10 guilty people go free than one innocent person be wrongfully convicted. |
True enough Bonzo. And likewise innocent people are lost everyday, and no one aside from their families even notice.
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Cawlin Posts: 1,759
Registered: 2005-2-22 07:58:42
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I would rather 10 guilty people go free than one innocent person be wrongfully convicted. |
Which is more a detriment to society:
Criminals who feel they might be able to get away with their crimes or...
Innocents constantly in fear that they may be wrongfully convicted?
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Elkad  Title: aka Ebenezer
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Registered: 2003-9-11 22:20:55
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I would rather 10 guilty people go free than one innocent person be wrongfully convicted. |
Cawlin posted:
YOU are the 1 innocent person and the room is about to be gassed, killing everyone inside.
Now you answer.
Can I have a crowbar when you lock us in, and 2 minutes to solve the problem myself?
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Moe_Nox Title: In Moe We Trust
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I would rather 10 guilty people go free than one innocent person be wrongfully convicted. |
In all honesty if I am the decider on this it would depend on the crime. Offenders committing violent crimes are less likely to repeat.
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Jorrdan Posts: 293
Registered: 2001-10-19 07:31:24
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I would rather 10 guilty people go free than one innocent person be wrongfully convicted. |
Cawlin posted:
Sansfear posted:
I'm curious as to whether it matters to anyone what the crimes they are being accused of.
Let's try a more specific example.
There are 11 people in a room. 1 of them is innocent while the other 10 have each raped and murdered a dozen children.
If they go free, the 10 guilty rapists/murderers have promised to continue their crimes and are guaranteed to kill another 10 children each.
So by choosing to let them all go free, you are guaranteeing that 100 children will die.
Do you still make the same decision?
Is the imprisonment of 1 innocent person greater than the lives of 100 children?
Let's be a little more specific....
YOU are the 1 innocent person and the room is about to be gassed, killing everyone inside.
Now you answer.
Tough call. If I'm being honest, the only way I probably don't let them go is if I know with 100% certainty one of the children that will be later killed is one that I love. I mean, there are a lot of kids that annoy the shit out of me.
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Rhint Posts: 268
Registered: 2002-9-17 20:38:54
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I would rather 10 guilty people go free than one innocent person be wrongfully convicted. |
Honestly, I voted agree. The reason I voted agree is because I am a law abiding citizen and from a purely selfish standpoint I would hate to be wrongfully convicted of a crime and serve time for it.
I also believe that when we punish the innocent it makes us no better than those guilty of crime.
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Tipztoe Posts: 1,775
Registered: 2004-3-1 17:53:43
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I would rather 10 guilty people go free than one innocent person be wrongfully convicted. |
Cawlin posted:
I answered the question directly.
No you didn't. Why can't you simply post you would let 10 child rapists free to save your skin? Leave it at that. You can't without trying to say I'd do it too, or it's stupid or try to spin it some other way. You asked a really stupid question, and then argue the answers..lol
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Groucho48  Posts: 821
Registered: 2003-10-22 03:00:14
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I would rather 10 guilty people go free than one innocent person be wrongfully convicted. |
So, you guys would like to give the government the power to lock up 10 folks of its choosing whenever a crime is committed, as long as it was sure one of them was guilty?
As to the argument that, if you let a child rapist go free, he will go out and rape more kids. Well, if you let the cops know they can close a case by arresting the next guy that walks by, aren't you encouraging them to not try and catch the real bad guys? Letting those bad guys commit even more crimes?
Let's not even get into the extra cost of having 10 times as many folks in prison.
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paulg_68 Posts: 2,469
Registered: 2009-7-27 18:45:54
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I would rather 10 guilty people go free than one innocent person be wrongfully convicted. |
I can't bear the thought of imprisoning innocent people. I think execution is actually pretty humane. In order to suffer a person must be alive. I don't want to make people suffer.
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Tipztoe Posts: 1,775
Registered: 2004-3-1 17:53:43
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Groucho48 posted:
So, you guys would like to give the government the power to lock up 10 folks of its choosing whenever a crime is committed, as long as it was sure one of them was guilty?
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I think you got that backwards
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